Battle of Stamford Bridge
September 25, 1066
Harold Godwinson marched two hundred miles in four days and fell on the Norwegian army resting in their mail shirts by a bridge over the Derwent. Harald Hardrada was killed by an arrow in the throat. The last Viking invasion of England was destroyed. Three days later the Normans landed at Pevensey.
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